The Ministry of Energy and Mines has officially announced the start of a progressive process of opening the National Mining Cadastre. This measure, long awaited by the actors in the
On June 15, 2025, the President of the Republic of Ecuador issued Executive Decree No. 32 (hereinafter “Executive Decree“), through which he amended the General Regulations to the Organic Law
On June 10, 2025, the Organic Law of National Solidarity was published in the Supplement to the Official Register number 56, which introduces relevant provisions for the mining sector, with
By means of Ministerial Agreement number MAATE-MAATE-2025-0045-A, published in Official Gazette number 56 second supplement of June 10, 2025, the Ministry of Environment, Water and Ecological Transition (the “MAATE”) amended
By resolution number ARCOM-003/25, the Board of Directors of the Mining Regulation and Control Agency – ARCOM established a new supervision and control fee for said entity, which must be
By Ministerial Agreement No. MEM-MEM-2025-0013-AM, published in Official Register Supplement No. 49 on May 30, 2025 (hereinafter the “Agreement”), the Ministry of Energy and Mines (hereinafter “MEM”) amended the guidelines
On February 20, 2025, the Internal Revenue Service (the “SRI”) issued resolution no. NAC-DGERCGC25-0000004 containing the applicable standards for the “Mining Annex”. On March 28, 2025, the SRI issued resolution
On February 27, 2025, the instructions that regulate the exercise of the preferential right and the right of first option (the “Instructions”) of the National Mining Company ENAMI EP (the
On February 18, 2025, the regulations for granting registration and legal personality to communes and communities, peoples, nationalities (the “CCPNs”) and granting legal status to non-profit organizations of peoples and
On January 10, 2025, the Applicable Guidelines for the Control of the Export of Minerals (the “Guidelines”) by the Agency for Mining Control and Regulation (the “ARCOM”) were published in
